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Nebraska



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Nebraska recorded goods exports totaling $2.4 billion in 1995, up 25 percent ($474.1 million) from 1993. During 1995, Nebraska was the 35th largest state exporter of goods.
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Nebraska’s jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 14 percent (3,626 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average.
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In 1991, the latest year available, Nebraska exports accounted for 13.1 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 13.7 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
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Nebraska’s exports of manufactured products were up by 24 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from $1.8 billion in 1993 to $2.2 billion in 1995).
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The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of Nebraska’s exports were: Food Products ($1.5 billion of exports in 1995), Industrial Machinery and Computers ($144.8 million), Electronic and Electric Equipment ($125.2 million), Transportation Equipment ($118.4 million), and Leather Products ($73.6 million). These five sectors accounted for over 85 percent of the state’s total exports in 1995.
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Among Nebraska’s fastest growing manufactured exports (in billions) were:
Sector 19931995Change
Scientific and Measuring Industries$35.9$50.541%
Electronic and Electric Equipment$91.0$125.238%
Food Products$1,144.0$1,533.734%
Leather Products$55.8$73.632%

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Nebraska is the country’s fourth largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $2.5 billion in agricultural exports abroad or 5.7% of the U.S. total in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). The largest export categories, feed grains and live animals and meat (excluding poultry), accounted for over 55 percent of Nebraska’s agricultural exports in 1994. Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from Nebraska in 1995 will likely range between $2.9 billion and $3.1 billion.
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Total exports from Nebraska to NAFTA countries increased by 1 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $449.6 million in 1993 to $453.1 million in 1995). During 1995, Canada was Nebraska’s second largest export market, while Mexico was Nebraska’s fourth largest export market. Exports to Canada were down by 4 percent ($16.4 million), to $368.7 million in 1995. Nebraska’s exports to Mexico were up by 31 percent ($19.9 million), from $64.5 million in 1993 to $84.4 million in 1995.
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During 1995, Japan was Nebraska’s largest export market. Total exports from Nebraska to Japan were up 27 percent ($249.6 million), from $939.6 million in 1993 to $1.2 billion in 1995.
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Total exports from Nebraska to the European Union were up 6 percent ($12.2 million), from $209.2 million in 1993 to $221.4 million in 1995.




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